Australian Research Council (ARC) grants
The Australian Research Council (ARC) plays a key role in the Australian Government's investment in the future prosperity and well-being of the Australian community. The ARC's mission is to advance Australia's capacity to undertake quality research that brings economic, social and cultural benefit to the Australian community.
Full listing of all ARC grants awarded within the faculty for first year funding 2006 - 2013
Other Annual Lists: 2006 2007 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Resources For Staff- Research Grants and Funding
Faculty of Arts and Education research projects funded by ARC (first year funding 2008)
DP0880615
The culture of war: private life and sentiment in Australia 1914‑18
Dr B Ziino,
APD
2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Administering Organisation: Deakin University, School of History Heritage and Society
Project Summary: This study has the potential to place Australia at the forefront of a new theoretical approach to civilian agency in total war, and enhance the national reputation for important scholarship in a field dominated by international scholars. Also, while war has been central to Australian notions of identity, our sense of 'war' is intimately connected to the front‑line, and not to the homefront. This study will help reorient academic and popular attention back to the importance of the homefront in Australia's experience of 1914‑18. At a time when Australians are increasingly interested in family links with the war, this project will provide a greater appreciation of the war's effects on Australia nationally and on the most personal levels.
DP0879493
Australian doctoral graduates' publication, professional and community outcomes
Prof T D Evans; Dr P D Macauley,
2008, 2009, 2010
Administering Organisation: Deakin University, School of Education
Project Summary: The project produces benefits to government, universities, Deans and Directors of Graduate Studies and those with a scholarly interest in doctoral education. It identifies, quantifies and explains the relationship between PhD graduates' thesis outcomes (especially, publications) and their professional and community outcomes up to ten years from graduation. The findings will be disseminated as universities, government and academies debate the RQF outcomes and whether the quality and impact of doctorates be included in the next RQF. The findings enable universities to enhance policy and practice to ensure worthwhile outcomes from doctoral programs and graduates. The project advances scholarship about doctorates and research education.
Non-DU lead projects
DP0879603
An investigation of causal relationships between complex classroom practices and science learning using high capacity new research technologies and multiple learning theory-testing
2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Prof D. Clarke and Prof R Tytler
Administering Organisation: The University of Melbourne
Project Summary: The strategic importance of science and the need for high quality science teaching is being highlighted at national and state levels. A variety of science education initiatives have been funded by government to address this priority. Policy makers and curriculum developers rightly demand that the advocacy of educational innovations be supported by empirical evidence, which, to now, has been limited by available research methods. This study exploits recent advances in the sophistication of educational theories, research designs and available technology to generate much more compelling evidence of the effectiveness of specific classroom practices for improving student knowledge and understanding of science.
DP0879695
Mapping the movies: the changing nature of Australia's cinema circuits and their audiences 1956-1984
2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Prof R Maltby; Dr M Walsh; Dr K Bowles; A/Prof D Verhoeven; Prof JJ Matthews; A/Prof CA
Arrowsmith
Administering Organisation: The Flinders University of South Australia
Project Summary: Support for film production is a high profile component in Australian cultural policy, but the cultural and commercial opportunity represented by cinema exhibition and attendance is less well understood. Focusing on the three decades after the introduction of television in 1956, this project is the first of its kind to use geospatial visualisation to map the social and economic circuits of cinema-going, and to identify the variables that explain cinema diversification, survival or closure. It will contribute to policy analysis in terms of local media access modelling, and will consolidate this team's international reputation for innovative Australian research in the representation of historical data.
DP0879987
Renewing Rural Teacher Education: Sustaining Schooling for Sustainable Futures
2008, 2009, 2010
Prof J Reid; Dr SJ White; Prof WC Green; A/Prof MC Cooper; Dr G Lock; Ms W Hastings
Administering Organisation: Charles Sturt University
Project Summary: We face a national crisis in attracting and retaining teachers and other professionals to rural areas. There is a projection of teacher shortfall which will affect all schools with significant numbers of the current aging teacher workforce expected to retire in the next five years. This shortfall will be most felt in rural schools and communities, as traditionally these are the schools identified as harder to staff. Students in rural, regional and remote Australia have the right to an equitable and quality education, and it is an imperative for all education stakeholders to ensure that they have access to it.
DP0879786
From the Tap to the Bottle: an international study of the social and material life of bottled water
2008, 2009, 2010
A/Prof G Hawkins; Dr KD Race; Dr EC Potter
Administering Organisation: The University of New South Wales
Project Summary: Water is a critical resource in Australia yet little is known about water in bottles. This project will be the first comparative study of bottled water marketing, consumption and disposal. It will make a significant contribution to national and international understandings of changing practices in the consumption of drinking water. The research will produce an analysis of the rise of the bottle in relation to the tap. Specifically, how various anxieties associated with drinking tap water, in Australia and elsewhere, impact on bottled water consumption. The knowledge produced about bottled water collection, circulation and regulation will contribute to wider debates about sustainable water provision and access to safe water for all.
LP0882306
Social Glue- The contribution of sport and active recreation to community wellbeing
2008, 2009, 2010
A/Prof R Hoye, La Trobe; Dr MG Nicholson(La Trobe) ; Dr KM Brown, Deakin University
Partner Organisation
Victorian Health Promotion Foundation
Administering Organisation: La Trobe University
Project
Summary: Australian federal, state and local governments allocate more than $4,094 million per year to the provision of sport and recreation services, facilities and programs which service more than 5 million regular participants. This funding is, in part, based on the premise that involvement in sport and recreation develops community wellbeing through the facilitation of social inclusion and connectedness. This research will contribute to the development of policies and practices that will enhance the capability of sport and active recreation organisations to contribute to community wellbeing.
LP0882351
Engaging adolescents in learning: A longitudinal study of student use electronic self-assessment tools within advocacy models of student support
2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Prof F Hardman; A/Prof BW Neville; A/Prof R Lewis; Dr J White; Ms PA McCann; Dr KM Hutchison; Mr G Powell
Partner Organisations
> Catholic Education Office, Bendigo
> Catholic College Wodonga
> Catholic College Bendigo (Yrs 10-12)
> Coburg Senior High School
> St Augustine's School P-10, Kyabram
> Seymour Technical High School
> Collingwood College
Administering Organisation: La Trobe University
Project
Summary: This research investigates the effectiveness of a program of student support directed to reducing adolescent disengagement from learning and early school leaving. There are potentially significant economic and social benefits to the broader Australian community, particularly in country areas and low socio-economic urban areas. Completing school provides young people with a broader range of options for their economic future, promotes social inclusion, and provides greater protection against negative consequences of unemployment, such as isolation, depression, and substance abuse. Enjoyment of schooling increases the ability of young people to develop to their full potential, and lead healthy, productive and fulfilling lives.
LP0883437
The young learners' project: Identifying personalised teaching strategies for early literacy in children in the preschool and the first year of school.
ARC Linkage funding 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
A/Prof PM Brown; Dr E Care; Prof B Raban; Prof FW Rickards; Mr T O'Connell
Associate Investigators: Andrea Nolan, Janet Scull, Louise Paatsch, Linda Byrnes, Anne-Marie Morrisey, Jan Deans, Robert Brown, Anna Bortoli, Linda Watson, Pauline Nott, Renata Aliani, Derek Patton, Man Chan
Collaborating/Partner Organisation(s): Australian Scholarships Group
Administering Organisation: The University of Melbourne
Project Summary: High quality learning experiences coupled with personalised, evidence-based adult support in the preschool years shape children's life-long attitudes and motivation for learning, and form the basis of strong outcomes in adulthood. Of particular importance is the development of literacy. Not all children, however, have such experiences and some need extra support from their families and teachers. From this study knowledge will be gained that will assist teachers and parents to support children before beginning school so that they are prepared for formal literacy learning. This will lead to greater prospects of financial and social benefits in adulthood.
